Re: Format of lists and alists required for displaying lists of tabulated data

[uzibalqa <uzibalqa@proton.me>]

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On Saturday, June 17th, 2023 at 7:36 PM, Bruno Barbier <brubar.cs@gmail.com> wrote:


> uzibalqa uzibalqa@proton.me writes:
> 
> > The file tabulated-list.el does not describe the format of lists and alists
> > required for displaying lists of tabulated data.
> > 
> > Could some information be added, please ?
> 
> 
> The documentation of 'tabulated-list-mode'
> (describe-function 'tabulated-list-mode)
> 
> points to the documentation of 'tabulated-list-format' and the
> documentation of 'tabulated-list-entries'.
> 
> Is that what you're looking for ?
> 
> Bruno

Yes, the description of tabulated-list-entries states that the input
if a list, each element has the form (ID [DESC1 ... DESCN]).

Perhaps things can be made clearer and more readily available.  Because
it is important for people to know the exact data input format required.

It would also be handy to have some conversion functions that takes a normal
list or alist, and converts them to ones suitable for tabulated-list-entries.